Last updated: 8\/10\/2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many reasons to keep your knowledge for yourself\nand not share any of your experience with others. Probably we all have\nglorified excuses why we don\u2019t tell our fellow designers \/ developers \/\nfreelancers how we solved a problem\u2026 but I said the word already, these are\nonly \u201cexcuses\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are my top reasons that held me back for a long time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you can see these are interconnected and they build upon\neach other. It starts with only one reason and you can expand the list to\ninfinity. I\u2019ll try to explain how I grew my list of reasons and I\u2019ll include my\nmind\u2019s counter-moves too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I always thought I\u2019m not good enough, In fact I still think,\nbut I understand now how important is to learn. In these years I learned a lot\nonly by reading others\u2019 articles, lessons and tutorials. Even if you\u2019re not the\n\u201cbest\u201d designer \/ developer \/ entrepreneur \/ etc. we could learn a lot from\nyou, you just have to write it down and you\u2019ll find an audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I\u2019m not good enough, I don\u2019t know what to write about. My\nprofessional experience is very wide, but shallow on some points. They say to\nfocus on 1 or 2 things and be a master of those. I always liked many things,\nand I really put time in learning all of these. The last years I started to\nunderstand that brand design and UX \/ UI design are my chosen domains. You will\nsee in time what is yours, just do what you enjoy the most. Deepen your\nknowledge about them and you\u2019ll know what to write about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if we know what to write about, for many of us there is\na language barrier. If you\u2019re not a native English speaker this could really\nset you back\u200a\u2014\u200aof course, only if you wish to share your expertise in English.\nYou always can write in your native language without any excuses \ud83d\ude42 We\nhave to learn a lot then. For this reason I started to consume all the media\n(books, articles, videos, etc.) almost exclusively in English for a couple of\nyears now. As my friend said I have to accept my current state with my language\nlearning progression. This helps a lot, we\u2019ll improve upon time, but we have to\nuse what we know in this moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of you\u200a\u2014\u200awho are reading this right now\u200a\u2014\u200aprobably are\nnative English speakers, but as I built my list of reasons you could say too\nthat you lack advanced writing skills. How could you write a successful blog\npost without using intricate expressions and advanced writing methods?!\nNowadays people are looking for information in posts. They won\u2019t get mad on you\nif they get faster what they want, without any extra intricacy. We need to work\non this too of course, but a beautifully written article is like well-seasoned\nfood. It just tastes better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, I know, you don\u2019t have time for anything and you don\u2019t\nhave any disposable time to write a blog post. I was there too, I tried many\ntime management techniques and almost none of them worked. The most efficient\ntrick was to set deadlines on different personal tasks too. If it works with\nbusiness, it has to work with personal goals too. Well, not every time, but\nmost of the cases this helps to get done \u201cless important\u201d things. Actually\nwhile we treat writing as \u201cless important\u201d we won\u2019t get any of our posts done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another thing that helps, tell yourself that you\u2019re going to\nwrite only one sentence a day. Most probably you\u2019ll end up writing more but set\nthis as a goal. The momentum will keep you writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re almost at the end of the list. When I started to\nstruggle finding new reasons, suddenly I had this new fear, what if no one will\nsee my posts? I\u2019m proud you\u2019re reading this, because that means I have at least\none reader \ud83d\ude42 Anyway, we can\u2019t really do too much about this, we\u2019ll share\nour writings where we can and if it\u2019s really useful it\u2019ll find its audience as\nI said earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first I thought I won\u2019t have the motivation to keep\nposting, now I started to feel the joy of writing. This article is really about\n(self)motivation. To help you (and myself) get started with this sorcery.\nSeeing others\u2019 feedback on your posts can really give a boost. I encourage you\nto express your thoughts after reading an inspiring article. It gives\nmotivation to the author to continuously put his\/her efforts into writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not sharing your experience won\u2019t give you a head start, it\nwon\u2019t make you smarter or better in your craft\u2026 in fact it holds you back. As\nthey say, sharing is caring, but what they don\u2019t say, it\u2019s caring about\nyourself too, not only about others. I hope you found this writing motivational\nand it\u2019ll help you to start your blog or write that book already \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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